Puzzle No. 108

THE WHIFFENPOOF

By W. C. Brooks

Introduce this animal to your menagerie. He has a spotted coat which may give him a terrible aspect. But you’ll find him gentle and kindly most all the time.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Atone 6 Legendary origin of all evil 12 Combining form, air 14 Instrument of transmission 15 Vessel 17 Wander 20 Incite 22 The poor Indian 23 Possessive pronoun 24 Etruscan title 25 Forward! 27 Greek diphthong 28 Unexciting 30 Adverb 31 The same (abbr.) 33 Ellipse 35 Before 36 Having oceans 38 Arabic title 39 Remains 41 South African pen 43 Query 44 Render waterproof 46 Biographies 49 City in Germany 52 Mound 54 One who steps 55 Signal 57 Other 59 Year (abbr.) 60 Part of “to be” 61 Pins 62 Note of diatonic scale 63 First column in baseball box score 65 Us two (obs.) 67 Preposition 68 Army officer (abbr.) 69 Those in power 71 Heir 74 Inspect 75 Olfactory experience 77 Shakespearian character 79 Basic 80 Well